The Charles Sturt University Remote Telescope project

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

RTSRE

Editor(s)

Fitzgerald, M., James, C.R., Buxner, S., White, S.

School

School of Education

RAS ID

27551

Comments

McKinnon, D. (2018). The Charles Sturt University Remote Telescope Project. RTSRE Proceedings, 1(1), 105-118. Available here

Abstract

This paper briefly documents: the history of the Charles Sturt University Remote Telescope Project, from its inception in 1994; its achievements through its impact on students and participating teachers both nationally and internationally; and, its production of research papers in an environment designed to encourage the engagement of students. Its development was based on problem solving processes at a time when both the hardware and software were lacking and teachers more generally were afraid of getting involved. Collaborative problem solving amongst hardware, software and networking engineers working with science-education specialists occurred in a cooperative environment, where the latter was driven by the desire to improve science education more broadly than just solely in the astronomical domain.

DOI

10.32374/rtsre.2017.010

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